New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09
JOHN BROWN-FELON OK SAIN7r
~, yno,,r IN IN. Bo,ton Yerold.


Err conqressmen Eth Thayer in The Boston Herald
Tn the August number OF IN. Century Magazine
Eessrs Nicolay and Hay have made sevefad
omission and commission which snSu.a De voI.ecu ~,
,ss In assccaon habit language and conduct
ne Gess that he practising
Q deception upon the committees ana the pupc: ne
Conn TO manufacture for him 900 pixies OF certain
pattern to be completed In ninety days ana pad Soo1
this matter TO any committee His proposed Kansas
minute men were only 100 In numaer ana me plke PKG.
could not he for them His explanation TO the black
smith that they would be good weapon OF defence iof
Kansas settlers vas clearly i9ese PKf S
tended for bis Virginia INVASION and In fact me idrn
cal lot finished after long delay nnreI .e anS we're
actually used In his Harpers Ferry attempt ne ot9er
circumstance is that about the time OF ms contract Ior
the pixies he also without the knowledge OF committees
or friends engaged worthless advenluier naiie j
company measure neither useful nor practcaple ior
Kansas defence These Two acts may be taken as the
sructye lies But John Brown made use of many others
in his preparation for the Virginia raid when were III
He came To- me in Worcester to solicit contribu-
zion ~ ms for the defence of some Kansas settlements
which he sand he knew were soon to be attacked ny
parties already organized ia Missouri for that purpose
Not doubling his word gave him all the arms n"o' III
Under the same false pretence he secured another
contribution from Ethan Allen Co., manufacturers OF
orrs IN his city These also were never taken 10
Kansas. but were captured at harpers teiS' o,o, b
Before his attack upon the United states Arsen az nc
spent several weeks In Virginia. lie pretended 10 ne
mneralocis and went about with naicr t Sins
off the corners rocks Under the reteAt OF seeking
for copper found opGortnnes for trying to enlist
Congress the Hapers Ferry district gave me nese
facts. - -. ,,;.. .ro sott,ors
IN Kansas he procured funds from several New iorK
merchants of whom says that he gave HIM 80
g. In 1888 he made raid Into Missouri m,iu I
Mr. Crews peaceable old farmer and took away eleven
slaves with about 81 900 worth of oxen mules wagons
cot outside of the he agents IN all 10
solicit to get the eleven to Ths
slow doubtless for ire purpose OF pro
nrncnre finds Ills plumber ard his collections went,
probably 10 increase his Harpers Ferry 1uhd ,,,,a
liz often asserted that IN the above raid ne lneratea
sVcr slaves without boodshed and without the use OF
weapons 1t proved that Mr. Crews was K,iea III 'n'
He repeatedly said that he was not present az me
Pottawaiomie midnight massacre II Is proved 'ha' ne
repeatedly affirmed that he took no part IN f9Ss se
murders though he approved OF them VAS Killed by
browns ow Ii hand There is abundant other PROOF that
n all his v Wrers h ana c,reS was that The end JUST
fes the means and that lying in his case was hoiy
vocation Does the expression honest put ruue
truiniHiy describe John Brownl o.ona farm E.,
Al III At time 1891 serving my seconu Term ~
se aso ess ess John BroWns raid
not member of the Honse OF hepfesemtres Mi'T
considered his punishment unjust A very Few labu
was one Of them thought It imroltic and said that n
would have been better 10 pq hsva made
any attempts OF the Garrison dlsunioniss 70
rnv Reonhlican men her of Congress defended The
corse of m, invader aud murderer denounced the
courts of Virginia properly punsbng MIN caplay
such Republican would have peeh cA PelIeu iio ~, 30
party without notice or delay Henry wilson wa" .d IN
The most radical OF the Republicans tut ne sau ~
Boston, after Browns raid and before ms execution; ~
words more emphatic than elegant, Jonh Brown II d
a fool" Later be said in the United STATES cenae'
To the allegation that Massachusetts sympathLen win
John Browns invasion OF Virginia and had elected
Governor who Endorsed 1t. wish T. nterIose an en-
pha1ic denial Such a charge Is libel upon the epup
(cau party upon the state OF Massachusetts ana upon
her Governor" Only few months aifer brown
execution the National Republican Conyeh,o1 mT1 ht
Chicago nominate candidate tnr ireshient INA.
convention unanimously resolution d' bounclhs
the armed invasion Of state, under Whatever I,e-
tenc us of the gravest OF cihes., I',.,!
John Brown raid unsparingly and lDcessanty. ial
there been any doubt this subject TIC hepupHan
marty could not have carried single state ana propaoy
not a single town in all the Northern states. ,, 4,
The active men that time In urging the calhs vi
John Brown az saint were the same ones wno, at
the South Fr6rangham meeting on the ON OF uy, Io's
a9oauied William Lloyd Garrison wulIe ne pHo.I.oH
harmed copy OF the Constitution ofthe enlie1 stare
They are the who have written movers c'lhis W
lie Iohn Browns biographies They are the decorators
of their saint with the of various coored leath
stuck and there, and many BITS OF PICTURESQUE
adornment in ribbons and flannel rags. all or naming
coors, So that he has hecoue al last nuch more SIy
tesoue than Nadge Wlfre ever wss since. uhaideu
she was her decorator. or this sort We're INC
Anarchists who sought 10 make saint or iohn
Brown In numbers they utterly lnslehlncal
constituting than ia 10000 people III me Nc'n
rrn States As voters they nothing. sihce they
would not contaminae their fingers their consciences
with any which had the protection of thc Oohsulu
ton, called by them a league with death ana cove
uaut hell But in braLen defiance or law ana III
lrrpetual din and noise. these advocates OF anarchy;
ileie howlinc dervishes"-as Dr Leonard Bacon used
10 call them equal 10 Oympsn Jove with all LIS
thundeTs